New Books

* Bassingthwaite, Don : Cocktails at Seven, Apocalypse at Eight: The Derby Cavendish Stories (ChiZine Publications 978-1-77148-376-6, $16.99, 260pp, trade paperback, November 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781771483735

Collection of eight stories about holiday battles with supernatural forces. • ChiZine’s site has this description. • Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.

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* Adams, John Joseph, & Douglas Cohen, eds. : What the #@&% Is That?: The Saga Anthology of the Monstrous and the Macabre (Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1-4814-3499-7, $26.99, 368pp, hardcover, November 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Nov 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481435000

Anthology of 20 original horror stories. • Authors include Laird Barron, John Langan, Adam-Troy Castro, Alan Dean Foster, and Tim

* Brom : Lost Gods (Harper Voyager 978-0-06-209568-8, $27.99, 496pp, hardcover, October 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Oct 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062095701 • Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062564894

Illustrated fantasy novel about a man who descends into Purgatory to save the souls of his wife and unborn child. • HarperCollins’ site has this description with an excerpt. • The Publishers Weekly

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* Anthony, Piers : Isis Orb (Open Road 978-1504037372, $31.99, 300pp, hardcover, October 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2016 • Xanth #40

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* Dickinson, Robert : The Tourist (Redhook 978-0-316-39942-5, $26, 368pp, hardcover, October 2016) •

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* Abbott, Carl : Imagining Urban Futures: Cities in Science Fiction and What We Might Learn from Them (Wesleyan University Press 978-0819576712, $27.95, 264pp, hardcover, October 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Fri 7 Oct 2016

Nonfiction study of fictional cities in works by E.M. Forster, Isaac Asimov, Kim Stanley Robinson,

Note: This abbreviated listing is being posted following Locus Online‘s vacation earlier this month. Full listings will resume October 25th.

* Abnett, Nik : Savant (Solaris 978-1781084571, $9.99, 356pp, mass market paperback, October 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016 • UK edition: 978-1781084564 (Thu 6 Oct 2016)

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* Adams, Cat : All Your Wishes (Tor

* Bardugo, Leigh : Crooked Kingdom (Macmillan/Holt 978-1627792134, $18.99, 560pp, hardcover, September 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Sep 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781627797917 • Six of Crows #2

Young adult fantasy novel, sequel to Six of Crows (2015), about a gang of daredevils fighting for their lives. • Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt. • Publishers Weekly gave the earlier book

* Andrews, Ilona : Magic Binds (Ace 978-0425270691, $26, 336pp, hardcover, September 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Sep 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698136786 • Kate Daniels #9

Urban fantasy novel, ninth in the “Kate Daniels” series following Magic Bites, Magic Burns, Magic Strikes, Magic Bleeds (2010), Magic Slays (2011), Magic Rises (2012), Magic Breaks (2014), and Magic Shifts (2015), about

* Anderson, Kevin J. : Eternity’s Mind (Tor 978-0765333018, $28.99, 576pp, hardcover, September 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 13 Sep 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781429966498 • Saga of Shadows #3

SF novel, third in a trilogy following the Hugo-nominated The Dark Between the Stars (2014), and Blood of the Cosmos. (2015). • Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Alexander, K. C. : Necrotech (Angry Robot 978-0857666246, $7.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, September 2016, cover art Cody Tilson) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Sep 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857666253 • UK edition: 9780857666239 (Thu 1 Sep 2016)

Cyberpunk novel about a street thug involved in a conspiracy to change the human condition. • The author has previously written as Karina Cooper.

* Belanger, Michelle : Harsh Gods (Titan 978-1783299546, $7.99, 480pp, mass market paperback, August 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Aug 2016 • Shadowside #2

Paranormal fantasy novel, second in a series following Conspiracy of Angels (2015), about demonic possession. • The author is “a nonfiction author, a member of the vampire community, and a psychic seen regularly on the television series Paranormal State.” • Titan’s site has this

* Barnhill, Kelly : The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Algonquin Young Readers 978-1-61620-567-6, $16.95, 400pp, hardcover, August 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 9 Aug 2016

Middle-grade fantasy novel about a forest witch who raises the babies left every year as offerings by the townspeople. • The publisher’s site has this description with an excerpt and an author essay. • Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “…Barnhill delivers

* Connolly, Tina : On the Eyeball Floor and Other Stories (Fairwood Press 978-1-933846-56-9, $17.99, 300pp, trade paperback, August 2016, cover art Kazuhiko Nakamura) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Aug 2016

Collection of 25 stories and 3 poems. • Fairwood’s site has this description. • The Publishers Weekly review begins, “The 28 fantasy stories, vignettes, and poems in this enticingly varied first collection range in mood from the giddy

* Damico, Gina : Wax (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 978-0-544-63315-5, $17.99, 368pp, hardcover, August 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Aug 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780544633186

Young-adult fantasy novel about a 17-year-old girl who discovers the local candle factory is filled with wax sculptures of people. • The publisher’s site has this description with an excerpt. • The Publishers Weekly review calls it “a deliriously

* Allen, Nancy Campbell : Beauty and the Clockwork Beast (Shadow Mountain 978-1629721750, $15.99, 352pp, trade paperback, August 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Aug 2016 • Steampunk Proper Romance #-

Steampunk novel, one of a series of “Steampunk Proper Romance” novels by various authors. • Shadow Mountain’s site has this page for the series. • Huffington Post described the series as “Romance novels without the sex.”

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* de Rojas, Agustín : The Year 200 (Restless 978-1-63206-051-8, $18.99, 640pp, trade paperback, July 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 12 Jul 2016

SF novel, first published in Cuba in 1990 and here translated into English by Nick Caistor and Hebe Powell, set in a future in which the Communist Federation has defeated the Capitalist Empire. • The publisher’s site has this description, which calls it the author’s “magnum

* Bauers, W. C. : Indomitable (Tor 978-0-7653-7544-5, $26.99, 368pp, hardcover, July 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Jul 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466847309 • The Chronicles of Promise Paen #2

Military SF novel, second in a series following Unbreakable (2015), about a female space marine. • Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt. • The Publishers Weekly review says the book is

+ Allan, Nina : The Race (Titan 978-1-78565-036-9, $14.95, 400pp, trade paperback, July 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Jul 2016 First US edition (UK: Newcon, 2014)

Near future SF novel about a woman, involved in illegal smartdog racing, whose niece goes missing. • Titan’s site has this description. • Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Strong writing and the layering of realities gives the book a mental

* Bakker, R. Scott : The Great Ordeal (Overlook Press 978-1-4683-0169-4, $28.95, 512pp, hardcover, July 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 12 Jul 2016 • Aspect Emperor #3

Fantasy novel, third in a trilogy following The Judging Eye (2009) and The White-Luck Warrior (2010). • Overlook’s site has this description.

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* Chu, Wesley : Time Siege (Tor 978-0-7653-7754-8, $25.99,

+ Amish : The Oath of the Vayuputras (Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1681445021, $14.99, 320pp, trade paperback, July 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Jul 2016 • Shiva Trilogy #3 First US edition (UK: Quercus/Jo Fletcher, June 2014)

Fantasy novel, third of a trilogy following The Immortals of Melhua (Jan. 2013) and The Secret of the Nagas (Oct. 2013), set in ancient India. • Quercus’ site has this description for the

* Arnold, Kyle : The Divine Madness of Philip K. Dick (Oxford University Press 978-0-1997-4325-4, $19.95, 240pp, trade paperback, June 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Wed 1 Jun 2016

Nonfiction study, by a clinical psychologist, about how Philip K. Dick’s personality and experiences influenced his writing. • The publisher’s site has this description. • The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Psychologist Arnold tries to do many things at once in this

* Chen, Curtis C. : Waypoint Kangaroo (St. Martin’s/Dunne 978-1-250-08178-0, $25.99, 320pp, hardcover, June 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Jun 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781250081797 • Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427280718

SF novel, the author’s first novel, about a spy who has access via a “pocket” to an empty parallel universe. • Macmillan’s site has this description with blurbs from James Patrick

* Anderson, Taylor : Destroyermen: Blood in the Water (Roc 978-0451470638, $27, 448pp, hardcover, June 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jun 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698162976 • Destroyermen #11

Alternate history SF novel, eleventh in the “Destroyermen” series following Into the Storm, Crusade, Maelstrom, Distant Thunders, Rising Tides, Firestorm, Iron Gray Sea (2012), Storm Surge (2013), Deadly

* Afsharirad, David, ed. : The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF 2015 (Baen 978-1-4767-8177-8, $16, 288pp, trade paperback, June 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-503-8

Anthology of 12 stories first published in 2015, second volume of a series following last year’s The Year’s Best Military SF & Space Opera. • Authors include David Brin, Seth Dickinson,

* Arnason, Eleanor : Hwarhath Stories: Transgressive Tales by Aliens (Aqueduct Press 978-1-61976-095-0, $19, 392pp, trade paperback, June 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Sun 1 May 2016

Collection of 12 stories about the hwarhath, the only intelligent species humanity has encountered so far. • Aqueduct’s site has this description with a blurb by Gardner Dozois and quotes from reviews. • The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Arnason’s aliens are almost uniformly

* Brooks, Terry : The Sorcerer’s Daughter (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-54082-9, $28, 352pp, hardcover, May 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 May 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780345540836 • Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780804190725 • UK edition: Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-0356502236 (Thu 26 May 2016) • Defenders of Shannara #3

Fantasy novel, third in a series following The High Druid’s Blade (2014) and

* Ashby, Madeline : Company Town (Tor 978-0-7653-8290-0, $24.99, 256pp, hardcover, May 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 May 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466889859

SF novel set on a city-sized oil rig off the Canadian coast, about a series of murders that seem to implicate the only non-bio-engineered person on the rig. • Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt. • The Publishers

* Jones, Stephen Graham : Mongrels (HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0-06-241269-0, $24.99, 320pp, hardcover, May 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 10 May 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062412713 • Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062471277

Horror novel about a boy coming to terms with his itinerant uncle and aunt as they travel across the South. • HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview. • The Publishers Weekly

* Asher, Neal : War Factory (Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-834-7, $26.99, 478pp, hardcover, May 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 May 2016 • UK edition: Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0230750746 (Tue 3 May 2016) • Transformation #2

SF novel, second in a trilogy following Dark Intelligence (2015), set in the author’s Polity universe. • Night Shade’s site has this description. • The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Asher ventures into some

* Abercrombie, Joe : Sharp Ends (Orbit 978-0316390811, $25, 304pp, hardcover, April 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Apr 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316390804 • Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478909040 • UK edition: Orion/Gollancz 978-0575104679 (Tue 26 Apr 2016)

Collection of stories, subtitled “Stories from the World of the First Law”, with some of the stories original to this book. • Hachette’s

* Carter, Matt : Almost Infamous (Skyhorse/Talos Press 978-1-940456-50-8, $15.99, 328pp, trade paperback, April 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Apr 2016

Fantasy novel, subtitled “A supervillain novel”, about an 18-year-old with telekinetic abilities who’s too lazy to become a professional superhero. • Talos’ site has this description. • The Publishers Weekly review calls it a “quirky riff on the coming-of-age novel.”

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* Anderson, Kevin J., & John McFetridge, eds. : 2113: Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush. (ECW Press 978-1770412927, $16.95, 400pp, trade paperback, April 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 12 Apr 2016

Anthology 18 stories, mostly original, inspired by the music of Rush. • One of the reprints is Fritz Leiber’s “Gonna Roll the Bones”, which inspired the song “Roll the Bones.” • Other contributors include David Niall